diff --git a/kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt b/kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt
index cba8abf1e..14620c9d2 100644
--- a/kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt
+++ b/kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt
@@ -164,11 +164,6 @@ config LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH
 	default LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH_CUSTOM if LIBVIRT && LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH_CUSTOM_MANUAL
 	default VIRTUALBOX_STORAGE_POOL_PATH_CUSTOM if VAGRANT_VIRTUALBOX
 
-config KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_PATH
-	string
-	output yaml
-	default "{{ libvirt_storage_pool_path }}/kdevops"
-
 config QEMU_BIN_PATH
 	string
 	default QEMU_BIN_PATH_LIBVIRT if LIBVIRT
@@ -1104,6 +1099,53 @@ config LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_NAME
 	  For instance you may want to use a volume name of "data2" for a path
 	  on a partition on /data2/ or something like that.
 
+choice
+	prompt "Storage pool user name to use"
+	default KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_DEFAULT
+	help
+	  The storage pool user is name of the local user ID that has
+	  access to the libvirt storage pool to be used by kdevops.
+
+	  When there is only one user running kdevops on a system,
+	  the default setting should work. To enable multiple users
+	  to run kdevops on the same system, select
+	  KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_AUTO.
+
+config KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_DEFAULT
+	bool "default"
+	help
+	  The default storage pool user name is always "kdevops".
+
+config KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_AUTO
+	bool "auto"
+	help
+	  Kdevops selects the storage pool user name.
+
+config KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_CUSTOM
+	bool "custom"
+	help
+	  Set a fixed custom storage pool user name.
+
+endchoice
+
+config KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_CUSTOM_NAME
+	string "Storage pool user name"
+	depends on KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_CUSTOM
+	help
+	  Set the name of the storage pool user.
+
+config KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER
+	string
+	output yaml
+	default "kdevops" if KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_DEFAULT
+	default $(shell, echo $USER) if KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_AUTO
+	default KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_CUSTOM_NAME if KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER_CUSTOM
+
+config KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_PATH
+	string
+	output yaml
+	default "{{ libvirt_storage_pool_path }}/{{ kdevops_storage_pool_user }}"
+
 source "kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt.zns"
 source "kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt.largeio"
 source "kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt.cxl"
diff --git a/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh b/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
index 4c238a839..7cafa7ffa 100755
--- a/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
+++ b/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ IMG_FMT="qcow2"
 if [ "${CONFIG_LIBVIRT_EXTRA_DRIVE_FORMAT_RAW}" = "y" ]; then
 	IMG_FMT="raw"
 fi
-STORAGETOPDIR="${CONFIG_LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH}"
-STORAGEDIR="${STORAGETOPDIR}/kdevops/guestfs"
+STORAGEDIR="${CONFIG_LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH}/${CONFIG_KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER}/guestfs"
 QEMU_GROUP=$CONFIG_LIBVIRT_QEMU_GROUP
 GUESTFSDIR="${TOPDIR}/guestfs"
 OS_VERSION=${CONFIG_VIRT_BUILDER_OS_VERSION}
diff --git a/scripts/destroy_guestfs.sh b/scripts/destroy_guestfs.sh
index ee5dc2b57..dfbb4f15f 100755
--- a/scripts/destroy_guestfs.sh
+++ b/scripts/destroy_guestfs.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source ${TOPDIR}/scripts/lib.sh
 
 export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI=$CONFIG_LIBVIRT_URI
 
-STORAGEDIR="${CONFIG_LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH}/kdevops/guestfs"
+STORAGEDIR="${CONFIG_LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH}/${CONFIG_KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER}/guestfs"
 GUESTFSDIR="${TOPDIR}/guestfs"
 
 if [ -f "$GUESTFSDIR/kdevops_nodes.yaml" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/guestfs.Makefile b/scripts/guestfs.Makefile
index 3dad6a14f..8d4aac3e3 100644
--- a/scripts/guestfs.Makefile
+++ b/scripts/guestfs.Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export KDEVOPS_PROVISIONED_SSH := $(KDEVOPS_PROVISIONED_SSH_DEFAULT_GUARD)
 GUESTFS_ARGS += guestfs_path='$(TOPDIR_PATH)/guestfs'
 GUESTFS_ARGS += data_home_dir=/home/kdevops
 GUESTFS_ARGS += virtbuilder_os_version=$(CONFIG_VIRT_BUILDER_OS_VERSION)
-GUESTFS_ARGS += kdevops_storage_pool_user='$(USER)'
 
 GUESTFS_ARGS += libvirt_provider=True
 
@@ -100,4 +99,4 @@ destroy_guestfs:
 PHONY += destroy_guestfs
 
 cleancache:
-	$(Q)rm -f $(subst ",,$(CONFIG_LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH))/kdevops/guestfs/base_images/*
+	$(Q)rm -f $(CONFIG_LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH)/$(CONFIG_KDEVOPS_STORAGE_POOL_USER)/guestfs/base_images/*
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant.Makefile b/scripts/vagrant.Makefile
index fc69fb91f..e43a21d3c 100644
--- a/scripts/vagrant.Makefile
+++ b/scripts/vagrant.Makefile
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ else
 VAGRANT_PRIVATE_BOX_DEPS :=
 endif
 
-VAGRANT_ARGS += kdevops_storage_pool_user='$(USER)'
-
 ifeq (y,$(CONFIG_LIBVIRT))
 VAGRANT_ARGS += libvirt_provider=True